Synthetic Coordination Chemistry

南加州大学的里德教授将 利用资助进行合成无机化学研究 无机、生物无机和有机物项目的学生 他将研究弱配位化学 配位阴离子，如BC 11 H12-及其衍生物。 这些阴离子应该允许制备高反应性的 阳离子物质，包括硅阳离子和 非常弱的施主的过渡金属络合物，例如氙 和碳氢化合物。 他还将开发一种“磁化学”， 系列”，通过研究自旋混合的性质， 中间自旋态复合物 Fe（III）Y（卟啉）。 第三个调查领域将在 富勒烯化学，在那里他将研究物种， C60 n-、C70 n-和BC 59-。 %%% 合成无机化学的研究提出了许多 机会 南加州大学的里德教授将研究几个 子区域，重点是具有非常低的 倾向于与阳离子结合。 这一特性将允许不寻常的 要合成的阳离子，通常 与任何可用的阴离子紧密结合。 潜在 这种不寻常的阳离子的应用将是在催化和 有机合成新试剂的开发 物质. 更多的研究将集中在新的方法， 描述金属阳离子和其他原子之间的键合 组

Professor Reed of the University of Southern California will conduct studies on synthetic inorganic chemistry with funding from the Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic program. He will investigate the coordination chemistry of weakly coordinating anions, such as BC11H12- and its derivatives. These anions should allow the preparation of highly-reactive cationic species, including the silicenium cation and transition-metal complexes of very weak donors, such as xenon and hydrocarbons. He will also develop a "magnetochemical series", by investigating the nature of spin-admixed intermediate spin state somplexes of the type Fe(III)Y(porphyrin). A third area of investigation will be in fulleride chemistry, where he will examine species such as C60n-, C70n-, and BC59-. %%% Research in synthetic inorganic chemistry presents many opportunities. Professor Reed of USC will investigate several sub-areas, with a focus of large anions that have a very low tendency to bind to cations. This property will allow unusual cations to be synthesized, cations that would normally be strongly bound to whatever anions were available. Potential applications of such unusual cations would be in catalysis and the development of new reagents for synthesis of organic substances. Additional studies will focus on new ways to describe the bonding between metal cations and other atomic groups.